Reconstruction was designed to rebuild southern states after the Civil war through physical,social,economic and political changes and aid.
Explanation
Reconstruction was the plan Abraham Lincoln and it was meant to integrate the southern states into the union. After the Civil war between the south and north,South was completely destroyed.
The economy of the south was completely dependent on agriculture and reconstruction intended to bring economic reforms to make south not so agriculture dependent and several changes in infrastructure were to be made.
Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to round the southern tip of Africa. He named it Cape of Storms, but King John later renamed it Cape of Good Hope.
during that days,as it was tough to explore this was the reason mainly,lack of resources and experience.They wanted to discover new land so they could settle there and become rulers. They wanted to earn the name of "King of the Seas" by traveling as far and as fast as possible. They wanted to study cultures in distant lands so they could report back to their rulers with more efficient ways of governing. They wanted to seek wealth and fame for their home country. aslo like my friend
The Cold War Containment policy was a complete bust because we pour money into failing countries so they there economy was strong enough to where they wouldn't have radical thoughts of communism this was referred to as the Truman doctrine and then the Eisenhower doctrine that funded the middle east. Then we went into the police action "war" in Korea so that the domino effect wouldn't allow other nations to fall to communism